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Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.

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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
Artist
Painter
Cincinnati
Ohio
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By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision.
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The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness. A man must become interesting to himself and must become actually expressive before he can be happy.
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There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in their own time, and their own land.
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